Success Stories

As the legalization of marijuana spreads across the country, the dangers of driving under its influence (DUI) have become a very real problem. The situation has courts and traffic cops scratching their heads.
Unlike the ubiquitous alcohol breathalyzer, standard equipment in almost every cop car…

Newborns suffering from neonatal abstinence syndrome do better when treated with sublingual buprenorphine than the usual oral morphine, says new study
There’s been a lot of attention on the so-called “opioid epidemic” in America recently, and media coverage regularly echoes the call for wider…

A new study by Columbia University Medical Center in New York City has found that every state that has legalized medical marijuana is experiencing increases in recreational use and use disorders.
At the same time, the study says, states that have not legalized medical marijuana have declining…

A nationwide survey has found that – except for pot/marijuana – the use of drugs, alcohol and tobacco among American high school students has reached the lowest levels in decades.
The annual survey by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and National Institutes of Health (NIH), asked…

Just weeks after the Senate passed the historic Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA) by an overwhelming bipartisan vote of 94-to-1, Congress has again demonstrated broad bipartisan support for the battle against America's opioid epidemic.
And then just a few weeks ago, House lawmakers…

When the celebrated 46-year-old actor Philip Seymour Hoffman was found dead on his bathroom floor recently with a syringe sticking out of his left arm, it sent shock waves around the world. The actor’s popularity was immense, and his sordid and tragic end was a shock to friends and fans…

A stimulant is a type of drug that is supposed to increase your feeling of happiness, contentment and even euphoria while at the same time it increases your energy and alertness. (While alcohol and opioids may also produce a feeling of happiness, contentment and euphoria, these are central nervous…

OUR PATIENTS
At Novus, a significant number of our patients arrive with an addiction problem that stems from a prescription drug that was not bought on the street or in a dark alley but was medically prescribed to treat pain, anxiety, sleep disorders or obesity.
Our patients became physically…

The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), and hundreds of other national, state and local agencies and institutions, are facing an epidemic as deadly as any disease that ever swept across the world: prescription drug addiction.
Experts from dozens of disciplines are searching for the reasons…